Simon and Kelly’s Baby Blog

Unbelievable, this Christmas and New Year just gone, marked Ben’s second Christmas and New Year.  Where has the time gone? It seems only a few weeks ago he was a little baby, unable to move around on his own, unable to eat solid food and unable to talk/babble. Crazy!

Unfortunately, Ben was ill throughout the festive season this year with a bad cold, then sickness and then a bad cough. The initial cold started before Christmas and we thought it had passed until a couple of days before Christmas when he started to cough and have a sickness bug.  It was a real shame as on Christmas Day he was particularly bad. He didn’t eat hardly at all, although he did have a few mouthfuls of Roast Turkey!

When he first got up in the morning he was quite excited with opening his presents that were in his stocking, so he opened a few of those on his own and played with what he had got.  We then dressed him up and opened the rest up downstairs, which is when he started to get tired again. We managed to open a few main presents before he went for a nap, but when he came down he was promptly sick all over me, so we both had to be cleaned off before we could carry on.  He was still a little excited about his presents, but you could tell he wasn’t feeling very well. He did play with every present he opened though, and seemed happy enough with them! So thank you to everyone that gave him a present this year!

Here are a few pics from Christmas Day…..

For New Year we didn’t do anything as Ben was still ill with a very bad cough and still not eating properly.  By this time we had rung the doctors (on Christmas Day in fact) and he had lost about 6lbs which wasn’t very good. Kelly was also ill by now, so everything turned into a bit of an anti-climax in the end.  Saying that though, we did enjoy ourselves most of the time and we are now hoping for an illness free Christmas and New Year next year.  Fingers crossed!!

Yesterday, Tuesday 20th January, Ben rolled onto his side for the first time on his own!  Once he could do it he couldn’t stop, he kept rolling from his side to his back and he actually ended up doing a full circle on his play mat!  He’s so clever, theres no stopping him now.

We can’t believe it was his 1st Christmas already! The time has flown since he was born and he has grown so much. As he was only 2 1/2 months old over Christmas he still wasn’t very aware of what was going on, even though he had the most presents. The day did seems to tire him out though as we attempted to open his presents with him on several occasions, only for him to keep falling asleep. I guess the excitement was too much! haha

Like I said above, Ben got loads of presents and thanks go out to everyone who sent a present or money for him. It is much appreciated! His many presents included a Tumble Time Tigger, a travel cot, a Walker, lots of lovely clothes, cuddly toys and a special present from Santa, an Everton sleep suit and vest.

Here are some pics from the day -